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Who invented the first mechanical computer?
Alan Turing
Charles Babbage
Steve Jobs
Blaise Pascal
John von Neumann
Correct answer is B
Charles Babbage designed the first mechanical computer, known as the Analytical Engine.
What did James Watt improve to revolutionize the Industrial Revolution?
Printing press
Steam engine
Cotton gin
Telephone
Light bulb
Correct answer is B
James Watt improved the efficiency of the steam engine, greatly impacting the Industrial Revolution.
Who is credited with inventing the first vaccine?
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Joseph Lister
Robert Koch
Correct answer is C
Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine for smallpox in 1796.
Radio
Morse code and the telegraph
Telephone
Printing press
Microscope
Correct answer is B
Samuel Morse invented Morse code and the single-wire telegraph system.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Wright brothers
Nikola Tesla
Guglielmo Marconi
Correct answer is C
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, invented and flew the first airplane in 1903.